By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—THE Bishop of the Anglican Communion of Benin Diocese, Rt. Reverend Peter Imasuen, has admonished men of God, particularly pastors in the Pentecostal churches, to preach more of salvation in their sermons rather than prosperity. He lamented that the over emphasis on prosperity in their preaching had affected the society negatively, stressing […]

By Jimitota Onoyume PORT HARCOURT—The Federal Government has again been urged to implement recommendations of the Niger Delta Technical Committee as an enduring solution to challenges in the Niger Delta. Making this appeal at the first Port Harcourt International Oil and Gas Conference/Exhibition in Port Harcourt, Prof Okechukwu Ibeanu, who spoke on The Niger Delta […]

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA —The National Directorate of Employment, NDE, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the National Economic Reconstruction Fund, NERFUND, to facilitate enterprise creation and generate employment opportunities. Already, a total number of 1,150 persons had been selected across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja […]

By Tordue Salem ABUJA—Lagos ports were recently rehabilitated for the first time in 100 years, Nigerian Ports Authority disclosed , weekend. The rehabilitation exercise, the NPA noted, would revive decaying facilities at the ports and shore up their capacity. While the repair of the complex , Lagos Harbour is put at N16billion, the 2.5kilometre Tin […]

AFTER several unsuccessful attempts by a Nigeria leader to personally meet with an American President, which many believed would have averted Nigeria’s recent listing among terrorist countries by the US, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan last Night met with the President of the United States, Mr Barrack Obama.

Another massacre was averted in the Plateau State capital yesterday as hoodlums again attacked Kuru Jenta community in Jos South Local Government Area, shooting sporadically to scare people out of their homes.

THE newly elected Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Samuel Adesina and the Whip of the Assembly, Idowu Adebusuyi have been suspended by their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for their involvement in the impeachment of the former leaders of the Assembly.

As Minister begs for patience By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA—The planned strike action by civil servants in the country over salary relativity was shelved yesterday after a meeting between the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, JPSNC, and the new Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu. Wogu had appealed to the eight unions in the […]

By Innocent Anaba LAGOS—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained Fidelis Anosike, his brother Noel and their company, Folio Communications Limited, from tampering with the assets and properties of the Daily Times, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. Justice O. E. Abang who handed down the […]

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—FORMER Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he had no regrets returning to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Alhaji Atiku, who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Benin City weekend, where he attended the 66th birthday of former Foreign Affairs Minister and AC Chieftain, Chief Tom Ikimi, said  his decision to […]

A former Head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), said weekend that there were no indications that Nigeria was either heading towards a failed state or has completely failed contrary to speculations by some countries and their Nigerian collaborators that the country has already failed or heading towards that direction.
He said there were no indices for him to believe that the country is in such serious crises.

One of the white farmers from Zimbabwe working in Kwara State, Mr James Chisohm, was mysteriously found dead beside the stream in Labintan village, Bakase in Asa Local Government Area of the state, weekend.

FOR the second time, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has postponed its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—The Joint Task Force, code-named Operation Restore Hope, says it will hand over a Myanmar national arrested on board a vessel involved in oil bunkering off the Atlantic coast of Brass, Bayelsa State, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for prosecution. The embattled foreigner, identified as Mr. Minzaw Tinmaungyaw, was […]

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—Against the backdrop of alleged plan by some persons to attack a giant oil facility, Sea Eagle vessel, belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Bayelsa State, the Joint Task Force yesterday warned those behind the plot to have a rethink in their own interest. The Joint Task force warned that […]